The ngrok blog
Aug 8, 2024
Redirect vs URL rewrite in an API gateway
Find out the difference between URL rewriting and redirection and how to utilize them to seamlessly migrate your API endpoints
Aug 6, 2024
APIOps and API gateways: get your groove back
Discover how GitOps and APIOps can revolutionize your API gateway workflow, offering version control, easy deployment, and developer sanity with ngrok.
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Aug 5, 2024
Data at ngrok: A primer
Understand how ngrok handles your data with advanced security measures, offering clarity and control over your traffic flows and storage.
Jul 25, 2024
MicroK8s and ngrok: Easy ingress at the edge
Leverage ngrok with MicroK8s for efficient, secure edge computing and easy Kubernetes ingress setup across your networks.
Jul 24, 2024
On-premise connectors for workflow automation
Streamline workflow automation by connecting on-premises services with ngrok’s secure, efficient connectors for various APIs.
Jul 24, 2024
Format dashboard timestamps and time zones
Customize timestamps in your ngrok dashboard to streamline debugging and enhance event observability across time zones.
Jul 23, 2024
CEL interpolation comes to Traffic Policy
Enhance your traffic policy management with ngrok's CEL Interpolation, enabling dynamic, adaptable configurations for APIs.
Jul 17, 2024
How ngrok’s GSLB elevates Linode-hosted SaaS performance and resilience
Discover how ngrok’s Global Server Load Balancing also brings multi-cloud and smoother application delivery to SaaS hosted globally on Linode VMs or k8s clusters.
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Jul 3, 2024
Traffic Policy support for the Kubernetes Gateway API
We have added a policy CRD, which can support traffic policies in the ngrok Kubernetes Operator, enabling traffic policy actions on the Gateway API.
Jul 1, 2024
Traffic Policy Engine - What are CEL variables?
Harness the power of CEL variables in ngrok’s Traffic Policy Module to create dynamic, robust traffic filtering rules for your APIs.
Jun 20, 2024
Ingress controller vs. API gateway: A comparison
Ingress controllers and API gateways have some overlapping functionality, and this post helps you know when to use one over the other—or both!
Jun 17, 2024
What is port forwarding?
Think of port forwarding as opening a specific "door" on your network to let in and route traffic to specific services. Learn more in this post.
Jun 13, 2024
TCP endpoints now require a valid payment card
In an effort to curb abuse, a valid payment method must be added to your ngrok account, including the free tier, before using TCP endpoints.
Jun 10, 2024
Network Traffic Inspector: now GA with replay
Capture, inspect, and replay traffic for up to 90 days from the ngrok dashboard with our Network Traffic Inspector, now GA.
Jun 6, 2024
mTLS (Mutual TLS): How It Works, with Diagram
What is mTLS and how does mutual TLS work? A clear guide to the mutual TLS handshake, with a step-by-step diagram, real use cases, and setup with ngrok.
May 30, 2024
API gateway gallery: Drop-in API policy management examples
With these 10 YAML-configured examples, you can mix-and-match your way to better security, availability, and observability of your freshest APIs.
May 29, 2024
An introduction to the Kubernetes Gateway API
Take a look at key concepts of Kubernetes Gateway API, advantages over traditional approaches, and use for effective traffic control in deployments.
May 20, 2024
Secure site-to-site connectivity: Implement now with ngrok's how-to guides
Use our new guides to self-serve site-to-site connectivity to APIs, databases, and device service APIs in external networks.
May 16, 2024
Secure your API with JWTs and ngrok’s API Gateway
Secure your APIs with JWT authentication using ngrok’s developer-defined API Gateway for enhanced security and seamless integration.
May 14, 2024
API gateway developer experience: Kong vs ngrok
Discover the simplicity of ngrok's API gateway and compare it to Kong for enabling developer productivity, ease of use, and rapid deployment capabilities.
